Sarah St Vincent Welch # 118 Rise (Nod to MLS)

Rise

rise to oppose

I say

sexism and misogyny

sexism and misogyny

Not now, not ever

not appropriate for high office

misogyny looks

needs a mirror …  

repulsive

repulsive double

misogyny and sexism

offended

he was a minister

says

men have more power generally speaking than women,

is that a bad thing?

underrepresentation of women

says, But now, there's an assumption that this is a bad thing.

offended

offended

said

the women of Australia

“housewives of Australia

as they do the ironing”

catcalling across this table at me

make an honest woman of herself …

witch

Bitch

Misogyny, sexism, every day

Every day in every way,

across the time,

all we have heard

Doesn't turn a hair

apologise

apologise

battering ram

hypocrisy

everything

that I should take responsibility for,

Has he taken any responsibility

vile things were being said

viewed as good fun

ducking

vile conduct

keen to lecture others

shame.

groaning

statements that are anti-women

an exhibition of his new feminine side

I am offended by those text messages

double standard

revolting

unacceptable

apologise

witch

bitch

double standards

reject

we are entitled

to a better standard than this

(a poem found [sequentially] in the text of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s speech to the Australian Parliament,

9 October 2012, which was about the Leader of the Opposition)